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0F ASHLAND; MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNQB T0 EDWARD ,ANGIEPW 0F FBAMINGHAM,MASSAf-.HUSETTS coLLAPsIBLE coNTAINE'n.

To all whom 'it may concern p lle itlnown that l, WILLIAM, M. Wimmr'esiintbfAshland, in the county of Mid dlesIiX-and VState ofMassaehusettsahate invented an 4Inipre'ienlent in ("ollapsible(Iontai|-ie-|:s,of which the following deseriptio i, in eonneetion withthe aceonnninying drawing's is a speeilimrtion, like ellaraeter on thedrawings representing like parts.

'l`his invention relates to containers,` and ils ohjeetis to provide. acontainer which is collapsible. so that. it' mayV be folded into slnallspace when not in use.

My invention will best be understood by reference to the 'followingdescription of one elnlmdimeut of my invention taken in connectionwithwl'hc accompanying drawings, wherein-- 5 4[Figui-e1isa plan oftheleontainer dis- Y Lrwrlyafvl; S05 v 'i fl' -view showingthecony-Qleied i is a settion on line ofilig. l;

l isn sideview of.the,container:- I i L, r1-.ing particularly to IFig:taillerhwhieli Vl ha ve chosen 'as my` invention hiekness.

andl for facilitats ull-cof; T herel -show a. lower ends of the barstoggle Vlinks E), 4t)

l lu'uee eonnectingir the 7. 7 in the. `forni of two )i voted togethercentrally between the. side liars at'll and to theI lower ends of ea-ehside bar at 125. When thel bucket is not in use the. linkal will foldand lie side by sidel willi the side, liars 7, as willhe clear from anins|nietirni of Fig. E), and theyI may readily he drawn down into theposition shown in l4`ig. llo open oulrthey hwg lulaee apart innside bars7 and also to provide a con- Speoicntin of Letters Patent.

United States, and a.

'some part ofhis .l L the conf. ilhzitrntingis similar. to` a .bucket.andV

may include a liexible bag 5, of cloth,'watenfzv higher at thecententhan at i (l und tlreinto `iforin a package or. opened out toprovide xroyided. connecting ioldlng the bucket ness when the parts areSutablestop means are prcvlded to' prevent the hnks 9 from movingoutubeyond Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

Appnman and April 2s4 1917. serial No. 164,720.

the position illustrated andy I havev here shown eol'ierating surfaces15 on the links and the side bars, forming stops to limit movement oithe links-9 about'the pivot 13. lt is |nei"erahle to have the limitingmeans as here illustrated at the joint links and the side. bars as theperson opennig the bucket. is thenless likely te catch hand in the ]ointthan would he the case it' the stop were placed at the 'joint 11.

A suitable handle er bail is also provided for the bucket, adapted toextend between theupper ends of the side bars `7y and to fold side byside with them when the bucket is collapsed. I have herein shown tog lelinks 17 similar to the link$ 9 and provi ed with stop means 19 similarto the meansl already described.: It Awill be understood that the-links17 will ordinarily'be someposition aniltake the position shown vin Fig.l. so as to provide a handlefcr the bucket the sides.

As seen inost clearly in Fig. 4, theends of the side bars 7 maybe 'setto rovide for an' easy clearance= of the togg e andthe niain portionsolfI the bars.

It will be clear from reference that the Yseveral .lin.ks47, 9. und 17Iform n frame. vwhich may be collapsed lso that: the

foldedinte small space,

entire bucket 'may he an open frame between opposite sides of, which ilssuspended thel bag 5 which I lt. is, of course. obviousLthet the bng"5is i Furthermore, the links 17 are arranged to pass center li nks teFig. l, l

between the of such Vsize as to provide for a certain fullin theposition shown in Fig. l. 'lhe stop means 15 nndlt) lkeep the frame inshape :ind when the container is suspended by the handle. formed by thelinks 17 both ends of the side hars will bc hrm-ed apart to prevent lheweight tif-Water or other material -in 'lhe `llercihle bag fromdrawilngr theui logelher and in particular'in ward pivotingr movementoli the side-hars 7 ou the pivots lil. is prevented so lhal' the upperpart ofi-the boeket will not collapse 'oy drawing together of the twopoints by which it is sus ended.

The exible bag 5 ma be secired to the side bars 7 in any suitab emanner. In Fig. 3 I have shown'the intermediate partsof these bars as ofchannel form and the edge 21 of the bag, which herein is provided with asealed edge, is inserted between the ilanges of the channel. Holdingmeans such as split rivets 23 ma be passed-through the fianges and throuli the edge 21 to hold the bag 5 in place. he rivets may be formed ofsoft brass or similar materialy so as to be easily manipulated to permitthe in tion of a Vnew bag in the frame without-Qaecial tools Whenegiernecessary. 4

Having thusffdescribedin detail one .suitable embodimeibt of myinvention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is :-4

1.A collapsible container comprising a substantially 'plane frame havingopposed side bars, toggle "links connecting saidbars at top and bottom,means to limit movement of said linkslin one direction and a iiexible,'

' open-topped bag havingits side. portions secured to said bars.

2. A lcollapsible container as defined in claim. 1- wherein the limitingmeans comprise surfaces arranged for interlocking engagement at thejunctions of the side bars and the links.

`across t e` top o and a-handle or bail for bridging 3.V A collapsiblecontainer comprising side members, a iiexible bag extending betweenVthem, collapsible bracing means between the lower ends of said members,ivoted links between the upper ends 'an means for limiting the movementof said links providing for ositionin,` them in bail-like form the bagto provide a handle forthe container.

y 4. A collapsible container comprising a- -substantially plane frameside bars a collapsible brace between the having opposed lower, ends -ofsaid side bars which may be collapsed tolp'etmit them to lie side byside the upperl ends of:l said vbars arranged to v:told to liesubstantially in :line therewith, 'and a`fiexible -open-topped baghaving its side portions secured tosaid bars,

53A collapsible container 'comprising a. substantially -pla'ne framehaving opposed` 4side 'b'ars a' collapsible brace between the vlowerendsof sai bars which may be col- -upper ends of said membrs to Pr-Edv alapsed to ermit them to lie side by side, a

' handle or aill extendin between the upper ends of said 'bars and aexible open-topped gag havmg its side portions secured to said ars. Adevice of the class described com p rlsin a setl of substantiallycoplanar pivote links collectively expansible to rovide an open frame,means to limit t eir pivoting movement whereby to control vthe 6a formof such frame and a container arranged for attachment to opposite sidesof the frame to lie in the plane thereof. Y

7. A device of the lclass-described comprising side bars and a bottombrace' to the extremities of which said bars are hinged and/ada ted toform a substantiall plane, U-sliape frame a flexible bag having sideportions secured to the saidside bars 'or arms of the 1U, meansA forconnecting the 75 upper ends of the bars to provide a flexible hand-leand means'to limit inward swinging of the bars 'when the device issuspended by the handle,v

8. A device of the class described comprising side bars, avbottom braceAto the extremities' of which said -bars are hinged, said I parte beingarranged for foldingto lie side y side,;a fie'xible bag hav-ing'its sideortions secured to saidbars and adap be wrapped about them when folded,Imeans for lconnecting the upper ends vof thebarsf to said mem'ers, meansfor connecting-the mshandle and means renderedeecti Vsion on saidhandigste limit* inw ing' of said 'mem rs. l 1,0` devi Aprisingi -a pvavingits--si e fianges' thereof, a, -1 ends of saidbalearran ativelythereto and 'a ifa-te landlebetween t e lupper 4ends-of said 'barsarrange folded relatively, thereto'.

In testimony whereof,'-I'

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